5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

QUIRT

QUIRT is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 90.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /kwɜːt//kwɚt/

Noun

A rawhide whip plaited with two thongs of buffalo hide.

Verb

To strike with a quirt.

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How QUIRT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts QUIRT as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 77.2% of games, misses completely in 22.8%, and leaves about 215 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,081 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

Q___T Q in the 1st position and T in the 5th position Q__R_ Q in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _U__T U in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SLANE CANOE LIANE TASTE SCALE CHASE
Words starting with Q Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.36 Entropy (bits)
215 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 42% of evaluated openers
1.59 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How QUIRT performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.76 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,081 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, QUIRT ranks #10,081 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
38
3 guesses
797
4 guesses
1,218
5 guesses
272
6 guesses
23
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
IRTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
32%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

72 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

537
318
163
159
112
102
78
77
75
74
68
52
52
47
35
32
32
26
25
24
22
18
17
16
13
13
13
10
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing QUIRT:

23% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
13% chance
Suggested:
CANOE
7% chance
Suggested:
LIANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

22.8% →
SLANE 6.19 bits
13.5% →
CANOE 5.27 bits
6.9% →
LIANE 4.97 bits
6.7% →
TASTE 5.35 bits
4.7% →
SLANE 5.33 bits
4.3% →
SLANE 5.00 bits
3.3% →
SCALE 5.17 bits
3.3% →
CHASE 4.83 bits
3.2% →
SADLY 3.95 bits
3.1% →
SANED 4.36 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for QUIRT; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

Q10U1I1R1T1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.